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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > > BL4 is more likely to be based on uClibc.
> >
> > For what target hardware?
>
> Same hardware:  486DX and early Pentium.
>
> uClibc is smaller, faster and more compatible
> with current software than libc5 and early glibc2.
> Combined with the latest 2.2 kernel (and updated
> modules), it should provide a better platform
> than the current BL3.

Does this mean it will work with programs requiring glibc2.2.5 (like 
precompiled xpdf or Opera 7.23?).  Would you also provide a kernel 2.4 for 
hardware that is not properly supported by 2.2 (there are no modules for 
it for 2.2, or they don't work right)?  I suppose I ought to try this 
myself some time soon.


 >
> The biggest advantage with libc5 (used in BL3) is
> the wealth of software available from Slackware 3
> and 4.  A switch to uClib would lose all that, but
> it should make it easier for us to compile current
> software from source code.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
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